Zhang Zilin biography: 13 things about Miss World 2007

Zhang Zilin is a Chinese singer, actor, model and beauty queen born in Weihai, Shandong, China. She represent China in Miss World.

Zhang is 6’0″ tall. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 1996 to 2002, she attended high school in Haidian, Beijing, China.
2. In 1999, she won the 100-meter hurdles in the 10th Beijing City Youth Games.
3. In 2003, she competed in a beauty pageant organized by New Silk Road Modeling Agency. She finished in the Top 10.
4. In 2005, she won the Sports Advance Distinction Award at the University of Science and Technology Beijing in Beijing.
5. In 2006, she graduated from the University of Science and Technology Beijing with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
6. On December 1, 2007, she represented China at Miss World 2007 and competed against 105 other candidates at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. She won the title.
7. She was one of the artists who sang “Beijing Welcomes You”, a feature song released on April 17, 2008 for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
8. On December 13, 2008, she crowned her successor Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova at the Sanndton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
9. She starred in the action comedy film “He-Man”, which was released in China on April 1, 2011.
10. In 2013, she and Nie Lei got married in Phuket, Thailand.
11. She played Nuwa in the action-fantasy film “The Monkey King”, which premiered in Beijing on January 25, 2014.
12. In April 2016, she gave birth to daughter.
13. On March 22, 2024, she turned 40.